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The Channel Tunnel ( French: Tunnel sous la Manche ), sometimes referred to informally as the Chunnel, [3] [4] is a 50.46-kilometre (31.35 mi) undersea railway tunnel, opened in 1994, that connects Folkestone ( Kent, England) with Coquelles ( Pas-de-Calais, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.
leshuttle .com. System map. LeShuttle [1] (formerly Eurotunnel Le Shuttle and also known as The Shuttle) is a railway shuttle service between Calais in France and Folkestone in United Kingdom. It conveys road vehicles (including cars, bicycles and motorcycles) and passengers (including some animals) by rail through the Channel Tunnel.
The area around the Hong Kong Island entrance of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel in the 1970s; the tunnel was under construction. Prior to the CHT, vehicular traffic used ferry services that began in 1933 and service ceased by HYF in 1998.(This earliest road tunnel, now government owned, opened in 1972. Increasing population and improving prosperity ...
High Speed 1, the line from London to the Channel Tunnel in Kent has even more capacity – it could triple the number of trains and still have room for more. But it all depends on new entrants ...
May 6, 2024 at 5:16 AM. [Reuters] The Channel Tunnel is celebrating 30 years since it was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. The 31-mile (50 km) long structure, opened on 6 May 1994 ...
The Channel Tunnel operates between Great Britain and France. It is a 31.35 miles (50.45 km) rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent, in the United Kingdom, with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais in northern France, beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. At its lowest point, it is 75 m (250 ft) deep.
The Eurotunnel Folkestone Terminal is a railway terminal built for the transport of road-going vehicles on specially constructed trains through the Channel Tunnel. The station is located in Cheriton, a northern suburb of the town of Folkestone in the county of Kent. It is the terminal for the United Kingdom. On the French side is the Eurotunnel ...
A tunnel near Tong To Village on the former Sha Tau Kok Railway; The Hong Kong International Airport Automated People Mover also features tunnel portions. Railway bridges and viaducts Trams crossing Bowrington Canal in the 1920s Aberdeen Channel Bridge in October 2016 MTR East Rail line / Through Train